title: Tele-medicine systems in the coordination process of organ transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To search feasibility and reliability of Telemedicine Systems (TS) in the Coordination Process (CP) of Organ Transplantation (OT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty participants (n=40) were divided in two groups, the specialists and the non specialists and comparatively simulated the telephone/fax and the TS based CP of a renal transplant scenario.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups regarding feasibility and reliability of TS in CP. Specialists found TS significantly more reliable in the fulfillment of all medicolegal requirements of OT (p<.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Coordinators found TS in the CP of OT feasible and reliable.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Laboratory C.TOUNTAS, Aretaieion University Hospital of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA).
authors.forename: Constantinos S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Mammas
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kostopanagiotou
authors.forename: Spyros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geropoulos
authors.forename: Spyros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zogas
authors.forename: Chryssa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lemonidou
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*